Fault in our stars paper
Literary Assignment 2; 1
Literary Assignment 2
Nina Post
Hunterdon County Polytech
Mrs. Skeahan
11/29/2014
Literary Assignment 2; 2
Summary:
The Fault In Our Stars,
John Green was set in Indianapolis around the year 2012. The main character Hazel Grace struggles with stage 4 thyroid cancer which is affecting her lungs.
The other main character is Augustus Waters who had previously struggled with osteosarcoma; a bone tumor that is malignant and spreads rapidly in teenagers. The two meet at a cancer group, which Hazel is very resistant to going to, and immediately begin to be friends and communicate regularly. Augustus’s cancer is in remission but he is there to support his friend Isaac who has a tumor in the only eye that he still has.
After one of the group sessions, Augustus approaches Hazel and invites her over to his house to watch a movie and talk about their cancer. There they learn much about each other,
Hazel learns that Augustus had to have his leg removed because of the tumor that he had on it.
As Augustus bring Hazel home that night, they agree to read each others favorite book; Augustus had chosen
The Price of Dawn and Hazel had picked
An Imperial Affliction.
Hazel explains to
Augustus that the girl in her favorite book has the same type of cancer as she does, it is the only book she has read about the same type of cancer that she had. She also says that the author, Peter
Van Houten, fled to Amsterdam after the novel was written and had not been heard from since.
A few days after Augustus had read the book, he tells Hazel that he had tracked down
Van Houten’s assistant and had talked to her through email. Hazel becomes very excited and immediately begins to think of any questions she may have for Van Houten about how the book ended. After Augustus had sent them out, he gets an email back saying that those questions could only be answered in person and if she was ever in Amsterdam
Literary Assignment 2
Nina Post
Hunterdon County Polytech
Mrs. Skeahan
11/29/2014
Literary Assignment 2; 2
Summary:
The Fault In Our Stars,
John Green was set in Indianapolis around the year 2012. The main character Hazel Grace struggles with stage 4 thyroid cancer which is affecting her lungs.
The other main character is Augustus Waters who had previously struggled with osteosarcoma; a bone tumor that is malignant and spreads rapidly in teenagers. The two meet at a cancer group, which Hazel is very resistant to going to, and immediately begin to be friends and communicate regularly. Augustus’s cancer is in remission but he is there to support his friend Isaac who has a tumor in the only eye that he still has.
After one of the group sessions, Augustus approaches Hazel and invites her over to his house to watch a movie and talk about their cancer. There they learn much about each other,
Hazel learns that Augustus had to have his leg removed because of the tumor that he had on it.
As Augustus bring Hazel home that night, they agree to read each others favorite book; Augustus had chosen
The Price of Dawn and Hazel had picked
An Imperial Affliction.
Hazel explains to
Augustus that the girl in her favorite book has the same type of cancer as she does, it is the only book she has read about the same type of cancer that she had. She also says that the author, Peter
Van Houten, fled to Amsterdam after the novel was written and had not been heard from since.
A few days after Augustus had read the book, he tells Hazel that he had tracked down
Van Houten’s assistant and had talked to her through email. Hazel becomes very excited and immediately begins to think of any questions she may have for Van Houten about how the book ended. After Augustus had sent them out, he gets an email back saying that those questions could only be answered in person and if she was ever in Amsterdam
Citations: Green, J. (2012). The Fault In Our Stars . New York, NY: Penguin Group.